RE: DECODE or not to DECODE
Thanks To all for the support! I managed to use a combination of thesuggestions which worked great! Denham -Original Message- Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 4:24 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hello Listers, I need some help please, I am trying to create a DECODE statement, on a date column and looks something like this, but does not work. SELECT COL1, COL2, DECODE((SYSDATE - COL_DATE), = 30, '30_days', NULL) Days30, DECODE((SYSDATE - COL_DATE), (between 31 and 60), '60 Days', NULL) Days60, .. .. FROM ACCOUNT_TBL WHERE COL = '0' Obviously, I have worked out that this can not be done. The problem is also that the server is 7.3.4 and I need to use the code in a view. Does anyone have any solutions/work arounds for this? Any help will be appraciated. TIA Denham Eva Oracle DBA _ This e-mail message has been scanned for Viruses and Content and cleared by MailMarshal For more information please visit www.marshalsoftware.com _ # Note: This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it and notify the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. TFMC and any of its subsidiaries each reserve the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its networks. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the sender is authorized to state them to be the views of any such entity. Thank You. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Denham Eva INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). _ This e-mail message has been scanned for Viruses and Content and cleared by MailMarshal For more information please visit www.marshalsoftware.com _ _ This e-mail message has been scanned for Viruses and Content and cleared by MailMarshal For more information please visit www.marshalsoftware.com _ # Note: This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it and notify the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. TFMC and any of its subsidiaries each reserve the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its networks. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the sender is authorized to state them to be the views of any such entity. Thank You. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Denham Eva INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
RE: DECODE or not to DECODE
One trick is to use the sign() function... decode(sign(30 - sysdate + col_date), 1, '30_days', NULL), Regards David Lord -Original Message- From: Denham Eva [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 04 August 2003 15:24 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: DECODE or not to DECODE Hello Listers, I need some help please, I am trying to create a DECODE statement, on a date column and looks something like this, but does not work. SELECT COL1, COL2, DECODE((SYSDATE - COL_DATE), = 30, '30_days', NULL) Days30, DECODE((SYSDATE - COL_DATE), (between 31 and 60), '60 Days', NULL) Days60, ... ... FROM ACCOUNT_TBL WHERE COL = '0' Obviously, I have worked out that this can not be done. The problem is also that the server is 7.3.4 and I need to use the code in a view. Does anyone have any solutions/work arounds for this? Any help will be appraciated. TIA Denham Eva Oracle DBA __ ___ This e-mail message has been scanned for Viruses and Content and cleared by MailMarshal For more information please visit www.marshalsoftware.com __ ___ ## ### Note: This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it and notify the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. TFMC and any of its subsidiaries each reserve the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its networks. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the sender is authorized to state them to be the views of any such entity. Thank You. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Denham Eva INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** This e-mail and its attachments are intended for the author's addressee only and may be confidential. If they have come to you in error you must take no action based on them, nor must you copy or show them to anyone; please reply to this e-mail and highlight the error. Please note that this e-mail has been created in the knowledge that Internet e-mail is not a 100% secure communications medium. We advise that you understand and observe this lack of security when e-mailing us. Steps have been taken to ensure this e-mail and attachments are free from any virus, but advise the recipient to ensure they are actually virus free. The views, opinions and judgments expressed in this message are solely those of the author. The message contents have not been reviewed or approved by Iron Mountain. *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Lord David INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
Re: DECODE or not to DECODE
One possibility that comes to mind is to write a really, really long DECODE: DECODE((SYSDATE - COL_DATE), 1, '30_days', 2, '30_days', 3, '30_days', ... NULL) Days30 But there must be a better possibility. Perhaps use the SIGN function: DECODE ( SIGN((SYSDATE - COL_DATE)-30), -1, '30_DAYS', 0, '30_DAYS', NULL) If the difference is 1-29, subtracting 30 will result in a negative value, and SIGN will return -1. If the difference is exactly 30, the subtraction will result in 0, and SIGN will return 0. The only other possible return is 1, for positive numbers, and I let the default (NULL) handle that case. My guess is that you could do something similar for your second DECODE statement, though the math would get a bit more complex. I'd have to think a bit longer to work up a solution, but I'm optimistic that there is one. Hope this helps. Best regards, Jonathan Gennick --- Brighten the corner where you are http://Gennick.com * 906.387.1698 * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Join the Oracle-article list and receive one article on Oracle technologies per month by email. To join, visit http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/oracle-article, or send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include the word subscribe in either the subject or body. Monday, August 4, 2003, 10:24:22 AM, you wrote: DE Hello Listers, DE I need some help please, DE I am trying to create a DECODE statement, on a date column and looks DE something like this, but does not work. DE SELECT COL1, DE COL2, DE DECODE((SYSDATE - COL_DATE), = 30, '30_days', NULL) Days30, DE DECODE((SYSDATE - COL_DATE), (between 31 and 60), '60 Days', DE NULL) Days60, DE ... DE ... DE FROM ACCOUNT_TBL DE WHERE COL = '0' DE Obviously, I have worked out that this can not be done. The problem is also DE that the server is 7.3.4 and I need to use the code in a view. DE Does anyone have any solutions/work arounds for this? DE Any help will be appraciated. DE TIA DE Denham Eva DE Oracle DBA DE _ DE This e-mail message has been scanned for Viruses and Content and cleared DE by MailMarshal DE For more information please visit www.marshalsoftware.com DE _ DE # DE Note: DE This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, DE proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege DE is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, DE please immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any DE hard copies of it and notify the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, DE use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not DE the intended recipient. TFMC and any of its subsidiaries each reserve DE the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its networks. DE Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where DE the message states otherwise and the sender is authorized to state them to be the DE views of any such entity. DE Thank You. DE -- DE Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Jonathan Gennick INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
RE: DECODE or not to DECODE
Eva - I dredged this out of some ancient code that I wrote against a 7.2 database. The inner trunc functions were there to get rid of the time - I don't remember why the outer trunc function was there at this point (it was five years ago). This doesn't get you completely there, but will hopefully get you started. Decode (sign(30-(trunc(trunc(SysDate)-trunc(col_date, 1,'30 days',null) Carol Bristow DPRA Inc. 1300 N 17th St Suite 950 Rosslyn, VA 22209 Work: 703-841-8025 Fax: 703-524-9415 -Original Message- Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 10:24 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hello Listers, I need some help please, I am trying to create a DECODE statement, on a date column and looks something like this, but does not work. SELECT COL1, COL2, DECODE((SYSDATE - COL_DATE), = 30, '30_days', NULL) Days30, DECODE((SYSDATE - COL_DATE), (between 31 and 60), '60 Days', NULL) Days60, ... ... FROM ACCOUNT_TBL WHERE COL = '0' Obviously, I have worked out that this can not be done. The problem is also that the server is 7.3.4 and I need to use the code in a view. Does anyone have any solutions/work arounds for this? Any help will be appraciated. TIA Denham Eva Oracle DBA _ This e-mail message has been scanned for Viruses and Content and cleared by MailMarshal For more information please visit www.marshalsoftware.com _ # Note: This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it and notify the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. TFMC and any of its subsidiaries each reserve the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its networks. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the sender is authorized to state them to be the views of any such entity. Thank You. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Denham Eva INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Carol Bristow INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
RE: DECODE or not to DECODE
Hmm. I think this might be better decode(sign(sysdate - col_date - 31), -1, '30_days', NULL) Days30, decode(sign(sysdate - col_date - 31), -1, NULL, decode(sign(sysdate - col_date - 61), -1, '60_days', NULL)) Days60 -Original Message- From: Lord David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 04 August 2003 15:39 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: DECODE or not to DECODE One trick is to use the sign() function... decode(sign(30 - sysdate + col_date), 1, '30_days', NULL), Regards David Lord -Original Message- From: Denham Eva [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 04 August 2003 15:24 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: DECODE or not to DECODE Hello Listers, I need some help please, I am trying to create a DECODE statement, on a date column and looks something like this, but does not work. SELECT COL1, COL2, DECODE((SYSDATE - COL_DATE), = 30, '30_days', NULL) Days30, DECODE((SYSDATE - COL_DATE), (between 31 and 60), '60 Days', NULL) Days60, ... ... FROM ACCOUNT_TBL WHERE COL = '0' Obviously, I have worked out that this can not be done. The problem is also that the server is 7.3.4 and I need to use the code in a view. Does anyone have any solutions/work arounds for this? Any help will be appraciated. TIA Denham Eva Oracle DBA __ ___ This e-mail message has been scanned for Viruses and Content and cleared by MailMarshal For more information please visit www.marshalsoftware.com __ ___ ## ### Note: This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it and notify the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. TFMC and any of its subsidiaries each reserve the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its networks. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the sender is authorized to state them to be the views of any such entity. Thank You. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Denham Eva INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** This e-mail and its attachments are intended for the author's addressee only and may be confidential. If they have come to you in error you must take no action based on them, nor must you copy or show them to anyone; please reply to this e-mail and highlight the error. Please note that this e-mail has been created in the knowledge that Internet e-mail is not a 100% secure communications medium. We advise that you understand and observe this lack of security when e-mailing us. Steps have been taken to ensure this e-mail and attachments are free from any virus, but advise the recipient to ensure they are actually virus free. The views, opinions and judgments expressed in this message are solely those of the author. The message contents have not been reviewed or approved by Iron Mountain. *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Lord David INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru
